It's not that brooches are new. This winter though, pins and charm brooches have become a punctuation point.

There is nothing shy about the size of the new brooches. Bigger is definitely better.

This arrangement, of course, is for the adventurous. But a woman with a special knack -- and the right brooches -- could wear a cluster of them placed strategically around the collarbone area of a jacket or a dress.

Multiple brooches though should have some vague relationship, like flower shapes. (Flowers are big right now in costume jewellery.)

A word of advice: Keep other accessories minimal.

Eliminate the necklace or wear only a simple one, and earrings should not be too dominant.